Revitalization: The Missing Function of Government. Landmark downtown Dallas hotel reopening after $46.5M renovation £200 million regeneration to make Stirling, Scotland a cultural & economic leader Restorative Water Infrastructure: A model for the future Linking Japanese rural revitalization to renewable energy production Benton Harbor (MI) to turn downtown parking lot into park & Resiliency Plaza Reviving dead space under elevated structures to revitalize neighborhoods $700 million salmon restoration program needs 4 more dam removals Old factory to become urban fish farm, arts center & farmers market NY state brownfield program (crucial to Buffalo revitalization) is renewed Humane Adaptive Reuse: Old city buses to become mobile homeless shelters Chattanooga plans $3 million renovation of downtown public park Operation Restoration underway: Restoring a Pacific paradise Winery on reclaimed urban land is revitalizing a Cleveland neighborhood Urban planner pushes reuse of 35 dilapidated Baltimore buildings $500 million Navy base redevelopment approved in Alameda CA Massive redevelopment could change Detroit’s thinking on revitalization. Is undoing bad urban planning a growth industry? Here’s world’s largest example. Visionary Baltimore redevelopment stimulates neighborhood revitalization The revitalization of Pittsburgh from a UK perspective Franklin County Courthouse (MA) to get green roof in $60 million renovation New York City to create public wi-fi by repurposing old phone booths Cleveland puts people over cars, restoring park to revitalize downtown Restoration of Chicago’s infamous “creek of rotten carcasses” stalls Entrepreneurs & planner revitalizing historic Montana mining town of Butte Spectacular renovation of old Tuscan farmhouse using local materials A Rustbelt city’s downtown revival is powered by young people Witnessing the miracle of ecological restoration first-hand $50 million renovation of historic Toronto water facilities announced Detroit’s new green infrastructure to help restore regional waterways Brazilian president commits to restoring up to 30 million acres of forest BP agrees to pay $18.7 billion to restore & revitalize Gulf Coast Judge upholds EPA plan to restore Chesapeake Bay (& quotes Robert Frost) Buffalo expands waterfront boardwalk to boost downtown revitalization An indoor farm helps revitalize a blighted Detroit neighborhood HUD’s Choice Neighborhoods program revitalizes struggling places Can vultures help revitalize an economically-desperate Puerto Rico? Small projects can have big revitalizing effects on downtowns Rebirth of Philadelphia’s historic, long-vacant Divine Lorraine Hotel Philadelphia’s own “High Line Park” moves $1 million closer to launch New women mayors in Madrid & Barcelona push revitalizing change New medical plant advances downtown Detroit revitalization 3 good mayors reconnect & revitalize Medellín continuously for 12 years $61.8 million restoration turns historic New York City bridge into public park Redevelopment to bring affordable housing & river access to West Tampa, FL Broomfield CO: New organization to beautify & revitalize vacant buildings Waterfront trail attracts revitalization to Battery Park City (NY) Killing (or taming) a giant worm will boost quality of life and revitalize a major city Cleveland inventories neighborhood revitalization assets on foot How an entrepreneurial redeveloper revitalized a St. Louis neighborhood Australian mayors say “the greener a city is, the greater it is”. $184 million redevelopment coming for Memphis Fairgrounds? Wildlife returns as the Passaic River is reborn in New Jersey Detroit’s bus tour of black neighborhood economic recovery & resilience Louisville to transform abandoned 23-acre waterfront dump into botanical garden Fighting Suburban Blight: A growth trend for Community Development Corporations? Revitalizing Kensington: Is North Philadelphia due for a comeback? Restoring, repurposing & reviving a historic cemetery estate in Philadelphia Green renovation of historic NYC health center boosts neighborhood Native bull trout reintroduction in Oregon proves it’s possible Cars Kill Cities: Dublin joins revitalizing trend, banning them downtown Cleveland redevelopment links art, education, healthcare, neighborhoods LEED-Gold downtown market revitalizes Grand Rapids neighborhood Developer helps revitalize town at “epicenter” of 2008 economic crash Oregon might create urban land banks to clean up and redevelop brownfields
